The Supreme Court of Canada says it will not hear an appeal in the case of a man accused of causing a fatal crash while driving drunk on the Trans-Canada Highway.
Crown will appeal acquittal of alleged drunk driver
Crown attorneys in Newfoundland and Labrador will appeal court decisions that led to the acquittal of a man accused of drunk driving causing death.
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Posted: Feb 10, 2021 4:13 PM NT | Last Updated: February 10
Nicholas Villeneuve leaves a courtroom in Gander s provincial court after being acquitted earlier this month. (Garrett Barry/CBC)
Crown attorneys will appeal the court decisions that led to the acquittal of an accused drunk driver in central Newfoundland.
Lloyd Strickland, Newfoundland and Labrador s director of public prosecutions, said in a media release Wednesday that Crown lawyers had identified legal errors in pre-trial decisions that constrained the prosecution s case against Nicholas Villeneuve.
Posted: Feb 01, 2021 2:28 PM NT | Last Updated: February 3
Nicholas Villeneuve was acquitted of eight charges related to a two-vehicle crash that killed two people. (Garrett Barry/CBC)
A man acquitted of impaired driving walked out of a Gander courtroom a free man Monday but not before being confronted by a crowd of people who still believed he was responsible for a crash that killed two people.
Nicholas Villeneuve was acquitted Monday in provincial court of all eight charges he was facing. The decision came after the Crown attorney called no evidence in the trial against him.
Amanda Hiscock told Judge Mark Linehan that given the exclusion of several pieces of evidence, she had no reasonable chance of securing a conviction.